Barber Rick Pacheco uses a straight razor to shave Officer Don Whitten's beard on Friday at the Water Street Barbersalon in downtown Augusta. Other officer watch "Adam-12" of a television in the lobby as they wait their turn to get shaved and back into regulation appearance after a November relaxation of the department's appearance policy if they donated to charity.
Augusta Police detective Todd Nyberg cuts his beard shaved off with a straight razor on Friday at the Water Street Barbersalon in downtown Augusta. Barber Rich Pacheco said that the straight razors the barber there use get a fresh blade on every shave.
Barber Mike Kinney, left, Augusta Police Officer Jonathan Provisor and Chief Jared Mills laugh during a beard shaving event on Friday at the Water Street Barbersalon in downtown Augusta.
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